The adolescent brain and age-related behavioral manifestations

LP Spear - Neuroscience & biobehavioral reviews, 2000‏ - Elsevier
To successfully negotiate the developmental transition between youth and adulthood,
adolescents must maneuver this often stressful period while acquiring skills necessary for …

Compensatory mechanisms in Parkinson's disease: circuits adaptations and role in disease modification

J Blesa, I Trigo-Damas, M Dileone, NLG Del Rey… - Experimental …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The motor features of Parkinson's disease (PD) are well known to manifest only when striatal
dopaminergic deficit reaches 60–70%. Thus, PD has a long pre-symptomatic and pre-motor …

Modeling Parkinson's disease in rats: an evaluation of 6-OHDA lesions of the nigrostriatal pathway

R Deumens, A Blokland, J Prickaerts - Experimental neurology, 2002‏ - Elsevier
Human idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder
that is primarily characterized by degeneration of the dopaminergic neurons of the …

Parkinson-like neurodegeneration induced by targeted overexpression of α-synuclein in the nigrostriatal system

D Kirik, C Rosenblad, C Burger… - Journal of …, 2002‏ - Soc Neuroscience
Recombinant adeno-associated viral vectors display efficient tropism for transduction of the
dopamine neurons of the substantia nigra. Taking advantage of this unique property of …

Functional changes of the basal ganglia circuitry in Parkinson's disease

F Blandini, G Nappi, C Tassorelli, E Martignoni - Progress in neurobiology, 2000‏ - Elsevier
The basal ganglia circuitry processes the signals that flow from the cortex, allowing the
correct execution of voluntary movements. In Parkinson's disease, the degeneration of …

In vivo positron emission tomographic evidence for compensatory changes in presynaptic dopaminergic nerve terminals in Parkinson's disease

CS Lee, A Samii, V Sossi, TJ Ruth… - Annals of Neurology …, 2000‏ - Wiley Online Library
Clinical symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) do not manifest until dopamine (DA)
neuronal loss reaches a symptomatic threshold. To explore the mechanisms of functional …

Motivational systems in adolescence: possible implications for age differences in substance abuse and other risk-taking behaviors

TL Doremus-Fitzwater, EI Varlinskaya, LP Spear - Brain and cognition, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Adolescence is an evolutionarily conserved developmental phase characterized by
hormonal, physiological, neural and behavioral alterations evident widely across …

Presynaptic Mechanisms of l-DOPA-Induced Dyskinesia: The Findings, the Debate, and the Therapeutic Implications

MA Cenci - Frontiers in neurology, 2014‏ - frontiersin.org
The dopamine (DA) precursor l-DOPA has been the most effective treatment for Parkinson's
disease (PD) for over 40 years. However, the response to this treatment changes with …

Noradrenergic mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases: a theory

MR Marien, FC Colpaert, AC Rosenquist - Brain Research Reviews, 2004‏ - Elsevier
A deficiency in the noradrenergic system of the brain, originating largely from cells in the
locus coeruleus (LC), is theorized to play a critical role in the progression of a family of …

Dopamine-dependent plasticity of corticostriatal synapses

JNJ Reynolds, JR Wickens - Neural networks, 2002‏ - Elsevier
Knowledge of the effect of dopamine on corticostriatal synaptic plasticity has advanced
rapidly over the last 5 years. We consider this new knowledge in relation to three factors …